"(To the children.) 'Are you certain this is the woman?' "Never a one could speak for fits. "By and by, Ann Putnam said that was the woman: it was like her; 'and she told me her name.' "(The court.) 'It is marvelous to me that you should sometimes think they are bewitched and sometimes not, when several confess that they have been guilty of bewitching them.' "'Well, sir, would you have me confess what I never knew?' "Her hands were clenched together, and then the hands of Mercy Lewis were clenched. "'Look: now your hands are open, her hands are open. Is this the woman?' "They made signs, but could not speak. But Ann Putnam, (and) afterwards Betty Hubbard, cried out, 'Oh, Goody Easty, Goody Easty, you are the woman!' "'Put up her head; for while her head is bound, the necks of these are broken.' "'What do you say to this?' "'Why, God will know.' "'Nay, God knows now.' "'I know he does.' "'What did you think of the actions of others before your sisters came out? Did you think it was witchcraft?' "'I cannot tell.' "'Why, do you not think it is witchcraft?' "'It is _an evil spirit_; but whether it be witchcraft I do not know.' "Several said she brought them the book, and then they fell into fits. "Salem Village, March 24, 169-1/2. "Mr. Samuel Parris, being desired to take in writing the examination of Mary Estie, hath delivered it as aforesaid. "'Upon hearing the aforesaid, and seeing what we did then see, together with the charge of the persons then present, we committed said Mary Easty to their Majesty's jail. "JOHN HATHORNE, } "JONATHAN CORWIN, } _Assists_.'"